title: Modern brachytherapy: current state and future prospects.
abstract: This article reviews the current trends and future developments in brachytherapy. Established techniques including interstitial and high-dose rate brachytherapy are discussed with particular reference to lung, oesophageal, cervical and endometrial cancer. Intra-operative high-dose rate brachytherapy and other new techniques are also mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiotherapy, CHU Liège, Domaine Universitaire du Sart Tilman, Belgium.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nickers
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kunkler
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scalliet
mesh_terms: D001918:Brachytherapy / Q000639:trends*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D011879:Radiotherapy Dosage; D013679:Technology, Radiologic